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jon stewart talks about a directing debut in our special report - the war on journalism we begin with a private meeting in beijing between the presidents of the world's two largest economies - president obama and xi jinping, went behind closed doors at the asia pacific summit. we are waiting for a press conference between those two. the podiums are set up. we'll bring you the latest from that when we get it. the two men came away with a ground-breaking agreement for both countries to cut carbon emissions. libby casey is in washington with more. >> we have from u.s. government officials, news that the u.s. and china have been able to strike a deal to reduce carbon emissions. this is significant for a number of reasons. one of biggest being that china is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. what we are hearing that the chinese agreed to is to try to

hit peak of omissions by 2030. there's not a firm commitment to target reductions and get them reduced by a certain amount by a time period. trying to peak it is a big deal. the u.s., for its part is pledging to reduce greenhouse gases by more than a quarter. 26% to 28% by the year 2025. this is more ambitious than what the president laid out in the past. we expect the two world leaders to announce this. anything that the president does will get pushed back from republicans in congress who set out as a goal to push back on the president's climate change initiative. in the new congress in january, we expect to see a climate change denier chair the environment committee. he's not going to like this. the republicans are hoping to push back against the president

obama administration by targetting funding with the e.p.a. >> paul carol served in the u.s. department of energy, he's a programme director at the plough share fund. good to have you on the programme. what is the relationship. how would you characterise the relationship between china and the u.s. now. >> thank you for having me. i think it's a challenging relationship. there's a lot of fundamental common ground at the united states, that the united states and china has, and there are security and economic changes that we have to work on constructively together. what, unfortunately, has been happening, particularly in the past couple of years, are symptoms that are - i would categorise them as symptoms, disputes over territories in the region, over trade agreements and the conditions, that have taken center stage, but those are not intractable problems. those are problems that can be managed, resolved, and i think

what we have seen, this news of an agreement on carbon emissions is perfect evidence of that. these can be managed and overcome. the relationship is essential, it's something that is long-lasting and really ought to be constructive, not a rival. this is something that the united states wanted. what does china want. china's economy has been booming. it plays the long game. it seeks to be a stability factor in the region. it always had regional aspirations. it has come on to the global stage as well. most central to the chinese view is let's not rock the boat. china is about china. and so they don't like change, they don't like surprises, and so this summit that occurred this week, the apec summit is about china showing how it can be a host, a force for good,

economic growth, and i think what we hear at the press conference about the carbon deal will be telling. >> how does this compare to other apec summits. >> this was an opportunity not only for china, not only for china, but an opportunity to play a bit of catch up. two years ago the president obama administration unnounsed or unveiled a pivot, now we call it a pivot, involving security or economic policy. since that time there's not been a lot of skin in the game so to speak. this is the first time that the president spent this time in asia. the apec summit. an association of south-east asian summits in burma, and then the g20 summits in australia. he'll spend a bit of time there. it's a good opportunity for him to demonstrate and lead. >> too late though?

>> i don't think so. in fact, some of the more - in the weeks, types of agreements, issues that have been discussed there. one is the tpa, trade promotion authority, this is something democrats or republicans can get behind, allowing the president to exercise his powers as the leader of our nation and fast-track and endorse trade agreements with china, and the republicans have been on record saying they'd be more than willing to support such. >> talk about the anti-u.s. sentiment in china, and the impact on this meeting and others. it's important to keep in mind that china is a nation of over 1.2 billion people. when we talk about something in china, it's not a monolith. if you look at any nation, ooep our open, you can find anti-china sentiment. and you can find supportive

aspects of engagement with china. if you go looking for anti-u.s. sentiment in china, yes you'll find it. i think what is important is what is president xi jinping speaking about, and the president of china speaking about when they have the opportunities, the carbon emissions agreement is significant. if what we heard is true, there are other agreements on military cooperation and confidence building measures coming out of the apex. i think it's a distraction. >> concern about cyber hacking as well. where does this stand between the two nations? >> i would characterise it as an irritant. it's not insignificant, but it's not a deal maker, it's not grounds for divorce, if you will. any responsible nation will probe and use cyber tools for intelligence and espionage. china is a little more ham handed about it.

they'll get caught. i'm not saying it's not an issue, it should be something that is resolved. it's a symptom of - and an irritant. it's not a game changer. >> good to see you, i want to go back on a live picture of the press conference when it happens, we are waiting for the leader of china and the united states to come out. when they do, we'll monitor the press conference and bring new information that comes from it to the mooest where the violence is between israel and the palestinians, it shows little sign of slowing down. a palestinian man was shot and killed by israeli troops during clashes. the israeli army says palestinian protesters through rocks and molotov cocktails. six israelis were killed, two on monday. israel's president says he'll increase security in response to the unrest. it's been three months since a

police officer in missouri shot and killed michael brown. we saw the protests, anger and wait for the grand jury's decision on whether to indict officer darren wilson. authorities are preparing for unrest, with 1,000 officers ready and inflamed. ashar quraishi has more from ferguson. >> all is quiet, as anticipation grows in the wake of a decision from the grand jury, residents, police and protesters are getting ready for what may come. business is on the main drag, and they look like they are preparing for a hurricane. even while they brace for the possibility of violence. some are trying to paint a positive picture. >> i just want this to be a happy scene. business as usual, still trying to protect ourselves. >> it's going to kill business. >> when can you take these

downs. >> they didn't tell us when to take them down. we'll keep them up until they say it is safe. >> customers are afraid to come to ferguson. business is down 50% since before the shooting. he has no choice but to protect the shop. >> insurance companies are not going to cover any damage happening to the business. the community is breaking a grand jury decision. the prosecutor's office says it could come in mid to late november, and there's a sense of uneasiness. if darren wilson is not ibb dieted. some fear there could be a response more violent nan the days of rage on the day of the shooting. $65,000 has been spent on riot gear, and 35,000 to replenish pepper spray, smoke cannisters

and bullets for the police department. >> these measures are not taken because we are convinced that violence will occur, but we have a responsibility to prepare for contingency. public demands and i demand that. this coordinated effort will by provided by the core principles. keeping the government safe and allowing people to speak. activists feel the underlying causes of problems are not being addressed. >> we prepare by being aware, but not deterred by them, and exercising rights as american citizens. >> as they await the decision, communications will continue about rules of engagement. ferguson's acting superintendent of schools asked that the grand jury announcement not be released. in the meantime, the business in the ferguson area, and residents can wait until the decision

comes down. >> that is ashar quraishi reporting we are learning more about the ignition switch recall and lives lost. an independent compensation fund approved two more death claims. g.m. received 200 death claims. the funds advisor explained how the compensation process works. >> once you determine that a claim is eligible, there are vehicles that had the defective switch that had been subject to the programme. once a claim is eligible, once we have determined that the ignition switch is the cause of the accident, we then calculate damages the same way that judges and juries do all over the country, in every court in the land. what would the victim have earned over a work life, but for the tragedy. and a million dollars added to that for pain and suffering, add

300,000 to that number for the surviving depends or spouse of the victims, and there is your - the calculation that is used as a methodology to determine damages so far general motors has recalled a record-setting 30 million vehicles because of kaulty ignition -- faulty ignition switches. america's last remaining ebola patient was released. dr craig spencer spoke on the phone with president obama after losing the hospital. the president thanked spencer for his service in west africa. john terrett has more on the day's event. >> hello. my name is craig spencer. >> smiles all around as the first person to be diagnosed with ebola in new york becomes the first in the city to be declared free of the deadly disease. >> i am a living example of how the protocols work, and how

early detection is critical to surviving ebola, and ensuring it is not transmitted to others. >> dr spencer picked up the virus while working with doctors without borders in guinea, he had no symptoms wept about his life, eating, bowling. six days later he recorded a temperature of it 100.3 and was admitted to bellevue. mayor bill de blasio was on hand to introduce 8 million new yorkers to a fully fit dr spencer. >> it is a good feeling to have a hero. >> reporter: comparing him to a returning veteran on veterans day. >> dr spencer deserves our gratitude for what he chose to do to serve others, to help fellow human being, and to protect people around the world with people at home. >> there was condemnation of critics seeking to stigmatize health care workers who go to

west africa, and support for those who do, like dr spencer. >> the message is simple. new york city public health system will care for you if you have the misfortune to contract ebola. we applaud you, thank you. most importantly, we got your back. >> staff at the hospital special ebola unit remain on guard for additional cases. many are watched closely for symptoms. at this moment the city and country are ebola fro. >> dr spencer has left his home, bellevue hospital on the east side of manhattan, a healthy man, and is living a normal life in new york. >> before he left, dr spencer pointed out. although he received some of the finest care in the world, that's not the case for thousands still suffering. >> i urge you please to focus your attention where it's urgently needed, at the source of the ebola outbreak in west

africa. >> especially in guinea and sierra leone, where ebola is on the rise. >> former ebola patient ashoka makpo will be the guest on al jazeera america we are more than 30 days away from the official start of winter, 30 days away. people in parts of michigan - it doesn't matter. they are buried under 2 feet of snow. meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with more on the big winter storm. >> that's right. two feet of snow. more snow is forming. we saw over 400 accidents and there has been four deaths related because of car accidents in minnesota. we are looking at snow. what is happening is the snow storm is pushing out here to the east. what you see now is the late effect snow and that will continue as we get a lot more

wind across the lakes and dumping it on the other side. tomorrow will be a snowy day. not just the snow. it is the cold temperatures behind the cold front, and now you can see billing is at three, denver is at seven degrees. if you go in, the cities is ready to go into the minus numbers to the north. if you go down to the south, oklahoma city is at freezing. dallas, you are at 40 degrees. wh everyone wakes up, we'll see the minus negative numbers. billings will be minus 4, denver is minus 4, and that is not taking into considerations the windchill that is around the area. seattle at freezing, over here towards chicago at 22 degrees, and like i said, more snow across the great lakes, and heavy rain expected out here towards the west of california and oregon. >> google is getting into the space race. the company has just signed a 60 year lease for a former n.a.s.a.

facility. the company says it will use the airfield for space exploration, aviation and robotics. science and technology correspondent jake ward has more. >> federal officials announced that they chose a subsidiary of google and a former military airstrip in silicon valley, and get a small building as part of the deal - sorry, did i say small building. i meant one of the largest free-standing structures in the world. hangar one, as it's known, as built in the 1930s to house blimps. it is 1300 feet long by 300 feet wide by 200 feet tall - that's just the inside. it's so enormous that on a stormy day you could close the doors and keep eight full acres of land dry. it's so big it has its ob weather system. the ceiling has been known to collect fog on the right kind of day. what does one do with a 350,000

square foot playground? well, you could have a football game or, you know, six of them simultaneously. you could invite the entire city of baton rouge for dinner, you could have an n.a.s.c.a.r. race, n could be in shorts. you could have dinosaur fights. no one would know. google likes to do things in secret. this is a perfect place to close the doors and build anything they think of away from the prying eyes and cameras of the world. >> that's jake ward and we go to a live event in bank. a press conference between the leader in schina, xinjiang -- china, xi jinping, and the president of the united states, president obama. >> they are expected to announce a move to cut green house gas emissions faster of the let's listen in.

>> translation: we fully recognise the document signed between the two departments of defense from building two major confidence-building measures, and agree to military exchanges and develop a new-type of military relations between the two countries. we issued a joint statement on climate change, and jointly announced post 2020 targets. we agreed to make sure that international climate change negotiations will reach an agreement as scheduled at the paris conference in 2015. we agreed to deepen cooperation on clean energy, the environmental attention and other areas. we reaffirmed opposition to terrorism of all forms and agreed to stress intelligence

sharing, and cyber terrorism and work together to remove the threats ... china's president xi jinping announced the deal signed by the united states and china regarding cutting greenhouse gases faster. we'll hear more as they continue a press conference. next - how some american countries honour military veterans by hiring them. our special report. jon stewart, the war on terrorism. a funny man takes a look at reporting dangers overseas.

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vice president biden marked veterans day, and attended the tomb of the unknown. he laid the wreath in front of the tomb, and called on americans to thank those who have served the country. you represent demonstrations of soldiers, airmen, who have served and sacrificed for all of us. you are not only the heart and soul but you are the very spine. vice president joe biden is in china at the diplomatic and trade summit. several american companies have dedicated to hiring more

veterans, starbucks promised to hire thousands over the next several years. it's off to a slow start. allen schauffler has the de-styles. >> reporter: aime yi -- detoilet. >> reporter: amy is an example of what job battles veterans face. she spent years telling aircraft where and when to attack. >> you know a lot about aircraft. >> not the job requirements of making a double latte. in 11 years of duty and four with the national guard, her retail experience... ..a year ago starbucks promised to hire 10,000 veterans and spouses in five years. so far the company admits it's just a tenth of the way there. in the next two years, it's expected a million american service members will transition out of uniform and into a different civilian world.

starbucks hired ex-marine tom tyce to head the veterans recruitment effort, saying vets looking for jobs need to do more than follow orders and show up on time. >> what we are looking for is who are you, what do you want to do? how do you relate yourself. >> he acknowledges the company has a lot of work to do to hit that much advertised 10,000 job goal. four new regional recruiters have been hired as the push continues. >> i believe that every organization will recruit veterans, needs recruiters recruiting veterans. they understand the language and how to transfer the skills. >> others hope they translate. ub ear plans to sign up 50,000 vets and family members over 18 months. ex-military drivers get the highest customer ratings. wal-mart put nearly 68,000 veterans on the payroll in the last year and a half. on their way to a 100,000 job,

5-year goal. according to the bureau of labour statistics. 7.25% is two points higher than the rate. there's progress. the vets number is dropping faster than the jobless rate. for this air national guard ltcol, it's working out. running air combat operations dealing in life and death translates to running a coffee crew handling personnel and customers during a morning rush. >> there's a time line. this time the mission is to deal with customers and private a phenomenal customer experience, instead of worrying about air to air aircraft dropping bombs. >> reporter: she's been able to adapt. with thousands of vets leaving service, that flexibility and applicants will be crucial. coming up, our special

report... >> as the definition of journalist expands, these regimes are arresting more and more people. >> jon stewart on the film rosewater, the fight for the freedom of the press and a story about an iranian journalist imprisoned and tortured in iran. that's coming up after this.

about when they have the opportunities, the carbon emissions agreement is significant. if what we heard is true, there are other agreements on military cooperation and confidence it was supposed to be funny. iranian officials did not get the joke, they arrested the reporter. telling that story took jon stewart from behind the desk to the documentary chair. both sit with us to talk about a film and the injustice they say is spreading. >> there has to be a method that we can get the political prisoners held in these countries, get them released. >> our special report, jon stewart, the war on journalism. >> evening, i'm john seigenthaler. around the world journalists are harassed, detained, killed for doing their jobs. more than 200 were behind bars in 2013, the second-worst year on record. we are taking a closer look at

the crackdown on freedom of the press, and a movie telling the story of a reporter imprisoned in iran. it is called rosewater written and directed by comedian jon stewart. >> i believe it was called ecsederon and koult 45. >> reporter: jon stewart is the mast master of pump line, now he's becoming a documentary. his feature is called "rose water", it is inspired by the harrowing story of the canadian iranian journalist who travelled to the country to cover the elections: he was in tehran documenting the riot over the outcome of the voting. he was interviewed by "the daily show", a comedy about the

elections. this was shown on comedy central. >> we headed for a coffee shop for a clandestine meeting with iranian journal. >> why was his country so terrifying. after the interview he was arrested by the iranian police. the charge - he was spying against the country. he was gaoled and he said he was beaten and brutalized by person he called rosewater because of col own. >> there's a lot of things in common. >> what do we have in common? >> a comedy show. >> reporter: he was forced to make a false config on tv and released after four months in prison. he wrote a best-selling book about his experience called then

they came from me. from that book, the movie, one jon stewart directed, one offering an unflinching look at iran's war against the press. i met with jon stewart and the journalist and asked why they wanted to make the film. as the jurnalistic expands, everyone has their way of putting pressure on journalists. we wanted to see if we could tell it without the esent rifties of one part of the world. >> reporter: you covered other people's stories, you go to prison, you write a book. you have a movie. what has it been like for you? >> it's been a little training.

usually when they make films about people, it's nelson mandela, they are usually dead, and the good thing is i'm not dead. >> your father and sister are in iran, didn't you thing about the fact that you would get in trouble. >> yes, you are worried. it cannot stop you doing your job. i was curbs, if you ask anyone that worked with me. is i was very cautious, i respected people and the laws. i couldn't do anything when they had a scenario and a lan and imple thing me -- implementing me. >> john, why did you decide to do this? >> what appealed was he was trying to distance him, his

observations in the memoir are keen and layered. you speak about his family, the idea of generations lost to these oppressive regimes, whether they be western allied or not. his father was taken by the shah, our ally, his sister by khamenei, the anecdote to the shah, but was practicing traditions that had been past down to generations. revolutionaries had been tortured by the shah. they were the oppressors, into the next level. there's different and universal aspects to the story. >> i want to go back to your suspicions on the daily show. >> i arrived the question n every westerner's mind, why was the country terrifying. >> in one, understanding, the two sides don't understand each other. they don't understand the values

of the other side or talk to the other side. i wrote about that for a newspaper magazine. >> did you dream that may be used against you? >> never. i had worked with many different broadcasters, i had been on many different shows and many different channels, and as i said, they had a scenario for me, they wanted to implicate me, because i worked with the foreign minister. when jason jones and his producer came to iran and i met them, unbezones to all of us, i was being monitored. when they imprisoned me and they charged me with spying, and the absence of evidence, because i was not a spy, they brought forward ridiculous evidence. >> like being on the daily show. >> on the daily show. >> this guy that says he looks like a spy, is a spy - smells like a spy. he's a spy.

>> you hear about this, what goes through your head. >> we didn't hear about the part that they had shown him. we knew that he had been arrested and there were other people that participated with jason. did you worry you might have had an impact on him. not so much we didn't worry about an impact on getting arrested. but within the context of what was happening in iran, there was a tremendous i am not of violence and crackdown. we assumed that this was the people that would talk to us, more than likely were part of a reformist movement and more than likely receive the brunt of the government's ire. >> when you do a segment and the daily show impose into the editorial process, do you ask the question - will this segment get someone killed, put in prison? >> yes. >> do you think about that. >> no. get someone killed or put in prison?

generally, no. there are discussions of that's not fair, or don't, you know, that person, i think you don't want to do that. that person is - that's an innocent mistake, you know, don't do that. obviously anything you put on television has real-life repercussions, but the thing you put on it - a great point was made, were you nervous about going to prison. i guess i have to do my job much how do you live your life to the level of those that would weaponize something so stupid. >> i watch you on his show, talk about what happened to you, and the impression i get, i mean, you seem joyful, positive, you seem energized now that you are out. there doesn't seem to be a lot of ven tick difficultness in you. >> no, there's no point in vindictiveness and anger. of course, when that was happening to me i was angry.

when you put a difference between yourself and the experience, you have to supplement the bad experience into something more positive. >> you did that with a book. >> with a book, film, media, and we talk about the plight of many of my friends going through the same thing. >> he did it with his integrators. you know, one of the things that is appealing in the book is these are not necessarily sympathetic, but they are humans, they have vulnerabilities, he never portrays them as monsters. >> but they were. >> they were not monsters, they were doing awful acts. torturing people. >> torturing you. >> torturing me, insulting me, humiliating me, putting me in front of camera for false confession. they are bad things, but bad acts done by a human being. >> is rosewater alive, still around. >> i am sure he is, he's going

to watch the interview, the film. >> we'll have more from my interview with jon stewart in just a few minutes. the deputy director of international campaign for human rights is in our studio. welcome. thank you for being with us. what is the climate for journalists in iran now? >> it's one where there's a lot of threat and a lot of intimidation. i think a lot of the media was hopeful after president hassan rouhani's election, that that would offer in an era of reform and increased press freedom. >> what happened? >> we are not seeing that. from july to august. we had several reformist journalists, journalists that worked for papers in iran, that liked to talk about social and cultural issues. many were arrested and detained. we haven't seen a drop in the number of journalists impriso d

imprisoned. clearly this has an effect on journalists that do their jobs. but where is the line? >> in iran, there's red line, journalists that engage in self censorship, knowing if they speak about something in a political way, it could result in repercussions. anything to do with politics, religion, islam could land a journalist in hot water. >> sometimes they invite journalists in to talk to important people. these days, how does the iranian government view foreign journalists. >> it's complicated. have you a lot of restrictions on foreign media, and that includes duel nationals. people like jason, an iranian american - people that work in the daspa, working for bbc

pershe and other outlets, they are under pressure. families are intimidated and under pressure. many that returned. they were met with a stark reality of brought in for interrogation and detained. >> i listened to marty speak about this issue last night, and censorship of the internet. we believed that it would save a lot of these countries. freedom of the press. it ushers in openness. there's a censorship that goes on, what is the scags. >> the situation is a stark one. men websites are filter the. the iranian government has plans for a national internet. iffa launch the national

internet. they'll have control over personal information, websites that they wish to access. >> they have their own internet. >> that's the plan. not yet, it's coming soon. >> how difficult is it to do that? >> a lot of companies implemented it. china and south korea. the key thing is not the implementation of that, but the fact of what they'd use the information for, if they have control. it is to sur veil the citizens, that's of concern. >> absolute control. that is one of the things that we are looking at. >> it's a pleasure to have you on the programme. thank you still ahead, jon stewart and the journalist talk about silencing journalists. >> you are not projecting weakness. >> their film's message about freedom of the press. and a story about one of our own gaoled in iran for 100 days. all that is cominon the program

all that is cominall that is co five years ago al jazeera said roxana saberi was thrown into an iranian prison, she was working as a freelance journal. >> and writing a book. here is roxana saberi's story if her own words. >> in 2009 i was arrested and held in prison for 100 days. i'm half iranian, at the time i didn't know much about my iranian identity. i wanted to move to iran to learn about that part of my history, and report from the country. i knew it would be an important country for years to come. supporters of the government says they are not trying to reverse the achievements. i was mostly trying to write beyond the head lines, i was interviewing a lot of people, and working on that for

two years, when i was arrested one morning. i was sleeping and four men forced their way into my apartment. they were with the iran intelligence ministry and took me to another building, after going through my belongings, they questioned me and said i was not cooperating and took me to prison, the most notorious prison in iran. they said at first that i was threatening nasal security or endaningering national community. i confessed to being a spy under a great deal of pressure. it was a false confession, because they promised they would free me and i was frightened what would happen if i stayed. soon after i recanted it. in court i was sentenced to eight years in prison. i was put in solitary confinement for two weeks. that was a difficult part for me. we as human being need to interact with other human being, when you have nothing to do

except think, you start to go insane. i had begun to realise that people outside prison in other countries in the united states and other countries as well were calling for my freedom. and that greatly empowered me because i realised i was not alone any more. >> she is an american citizen and i have complete confidence that she was not engaging in espionage. >> i think the pleasure added up and pushed them to release me after 100 days. i felt happy that i was free, that my parents wouldn't have to suffer any more because of my imprisonment. at the same time i felt sad for the women i was leaving behind. they deserved freedom as much as i did. two are still in prison today. they've been sentenced to 20 years each because of religious beliefs. >> a months after roxana saberi's belief, maziar was

visited. jon stewart's film "rosewater" is a story about his arrest and time in prison. >> i was struck that by the end of the film you wanted to make a statement about journalism around the world. can you talk about what that is? >> it's the unsustain ability of the apparatus that these regimes build. and in the united states we are moving towards a strange deep state of security. these that exist to keep information that they don't want getting out getting out are more damaging to the state than any piece of information that could arise. >> and it's about the sustainability of it. think of how hard - how much money, how much time, efforts, human capital is exposed in trying to keep someone like

maziar from filming something. he didn't do something. he filmed something. >> yes, i mean, give us your reaction to what is going on with journalists around the world, especially our friends in al jazeera. >> also, we have a friend who does a satirical show similar to mine in egypt who was arrested, harassed, driven off the air, and can no longer do his though. this is the government that came in and said "we are going to listen to the will of the people, but will not allow the people to speak up. they arrested three of your colees. the evidence is footage of arabian horses and bits and pieces of found footage, and has no bearing on anything. there's no accountability for what will happen to them. they have families that don't know, are powerless to get them out. this is an a lie of the united

states. we give them $1.5 billion. there has to be a method to get the political prisoners, to get them visibility and hopefully pressure on the regimes. there's no purpose in it. these people have done nothing. >> what did you think of the film when you first saw it? >> i was involved. i was on the set. i think going back to your question, the film is about democratization. and i think that is what is squaring the regimes. whether they are western or anti-western governments like iran, and the regimes - they are 20th century regimes that can arrest people, shut down newspapers. when it comes to digital

technology, social media and the internet, they don't know what to do. they resort to the same methods saying we cannot work the dvd player and show you the evidence. as a result they look ridiculous. that's where the humour comes from. >> it's a powerful fim, congrat uselations. >> "rosewater", opens in theatres on friday. back after this.

there are conflicting reports about the fate of a "the washington post" journalist gaoled in iran. jason was arrested in july. he has not made an appearance in court. iranian officials accuse him of activities that breach the security of the state. a senior iranian official said he could be released in less than a month. a different official now says he won't be released until an investigation is complete jason's brother, ali joins us now from san francisco. welcome. it's good to have you on the programme. >> thank you, thanks for having

me. >> do you understand why your brother is being held? >> they have really never told us why. there's no specific allegations, it's a mystery as to what they think he's done. >> jars you know, he has not been charged. >> that's correct. my understanding is in iran if he has been charged he'd have action to a lawyer. to this date he hasn't had action to a lawyer, it hasn't gone into the court, there's no charges pending as far as i know. >> where are you getting your information, and have you been in contact with him. >> i have not spoken to my brother since last week in july, before he was taken or detained. we have several different sources that we believe are credible getting us good information. >> tell us about the conditions in which he's being held. >> so what we have been told is jason's in solitary confinement

since confinement on july 22nd. he's been interrogated, you know, between six and eight hours a day or more, five days a week typically. and that, you know, we don't know what they are asking him about. but we do know that continues are not ideal. it's caused him to have a number of health issues that he did not have before, and that we are concerned about. >> do you suspect - some suggested that he's a pawn in a power struggle between the united states and iran, regarding their nuclear programme. do you suspect that might be the case. >> you know, i don't really know. what i will say is that jason doesn't have anything to do with the u.s. government. he hasn't had ties with the iranian government. it's very cruel if that is the case. he's a guy doing his job, a journalist like yourself, and was trying to get, you know, a

positive message about iran out to the world. if that's the case, it's very difficult to believe that that would be a good way of going about diplomacy. >> tell me what this is like for your family. >> it's difficult, obviously. my mum is living overseas, and so, you know, we have talked a lot. she has a great support structure, it's become, you know, a new job, right. it's constantly 24 hours a day things going on with the time zones and whatnot. working with good people that all want to help us out, jane occupant. and get him here -- jason out. get him here. it takes a toll. >> can you tell us about your brother. >> he's a wonderful guys, the type of guy that makes friends easily. he's been fortunate to travel around the world and make friends there, and wherever he goes he was telling people, you know, that he lived in iran. they say why would you live

there. he'd say it's a great place. he loved helping people understand the iranian cultures, what it was like to live there. it was modern and complicated place. >> what about the risks? did he talk about the risks of his job, and specifically about being in iran? >> well, you know, he talked about how to mitigate the risks, what the rules were, following the rules. there's a set of rules that journalists - credentialled journalists follow, and he was meticulous about doing that. he wanted to make sure that he stuck to where he was supposed to be, go to the kinds of places and not cause trouble that would trigger problems for them. >> we hope he comes home soon, and appreciate you taking the time to talk to us about your

brother. good luck. >> thank you so sh much. >> now to our colleagues in egypt. they are a big part of the war on journalist. al jazeera demonstrates the release of three journalists held in prison, peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed have spent 318 days in gaol. they were convicted of helping the outlawed muslim brotherhood. al jazeera denies the charges. the three journalists are scheduled to appear in court on january 1st to appeal their conviction. >> that's our report. thank you for watching. i'm john seigenthaler.

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